{"id":248764,"date":"2025-05-20T08:27:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T08:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/activist\/doj-charges-12-with-263m-crypto-theft-linked-to-genesis-creditor\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T08:27:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T08:27:27","slug":"doj-charges-12-with-263m-crypto-theft-linked-to-genesis-creditor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=248764","title":{"rendered":"DOJ Charges 12 With $263M Crypto Theft Linked to Genesis Creditor"},"content":{"rendered":" \r\n<br><div>\n\n                                        \n\n\n<p><em>Most of the individuals were arrested this week in California.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-to-know\">What to know:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The DOJ has charged 12 individuals in a $263 million crypto fraud and money laundering conspiracy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The scheme involved siphoning $243 million from a Genesis creditor using social engineering scams.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coinbase disclosed a data breach where scammers bribed employees, leading to potential payouts of up to $400 million.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged 12 individuals for stealing over $263 million in crypto. The individuals are linked to an earlier investigation where scammers were able to siphon off over $243 million from a Genesis creditor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to blockchain sleuth ZachXBT, last year one of the creditor of defunct trading firm Genesis was spoofed by a group of scammers, who were able to steal $243 million worth of digital assets and then redirect it through crypto mixers.<\/p><div class=\"g g-1\"><div class=\"g-single a-16\"><a class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"MTYsMSwxLDYw\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.livefree.academy\/a\/2147989502\/NoWDgfiB\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"850\" height=\"500\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Trinity-Banner-850-x-500-Button-min-1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Several of the individuals charged, which includes U.S. nationals and foreign, were arrested in California this week, the DOJ\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-dc\/pr\/additional-12-defendants-charged-rico-conspiracy-over-263-million-cryptocurrency-thefts\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said in a press release<\/a>\u00a0on Thursday. The remaining two individuals live abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The charges on the individuals range from racketeering, wire fraud to money laundering, and obstruction of justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Read more:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/business\/2024\/09\/19\/police-arrests-two-people-related-to-243m-crypto-heist-targeting-genesis-creditor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0Police Arrest Two People Related to $243M Crypto Heist Targeting Genesis Creditor<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Social engineering scams are being increasingly used by scammers to steal crypto. Scammers obtain certain personal information and then trick the user into sending them their crypto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Thursday, Coinbase revealed that scammers were able to bribe some of their overseas employees and stole important user data from their database. The exchange expects to voluntarily pay users\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/business\/2025\/05\/15\/coinbase-says-criminals-stole-customer-data-offers-20m-bug-bounty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">between $180 million to $400 million<\/a>\u00a0for the data breach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/business\/2025\/05\/15\/coinbase-says-criminals-stole-customer-data-offers-20m-bug-bounty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Coinbase Could Pay Customers Up to $400M for Data Breach<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n            \n        <\/div>\r\n<br>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of the individuals were arrested this week in California. What to know: The DOJ has charged 12 individuals in a $263 million crypto fraud and money laundering conspiracy. The scheme involved siphoning $243 million from a Genesis creditor using social engineering scams. Coinbase disclosed a data breach where scammers bribed employees, leading to potential [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":248765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12022],"tags":[90889,29177,24854,10954,31970,29747,8685,10349],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-248764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activist","tag-263m","tag-charges","tag-creditor","tag-crypto","tag-doj","tag-genesis","tag-linked","tag-theft"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DOJ Charges 12 With $263M Crypto Theft Linked to Genesis Creditor - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=248764\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DOJ Charges 12 With $263M Crypto Theft Linked to Genesis Creditor - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Most of the individuals were arrested this week in California. 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